| | So I'm listening to the Presidential Address as I type this. Obama's addressing everything I don't want to hear about ri ght now. Mostly Iran and health care. I'm worried about North Korea. I want to know what's up with our relations (or lack of) after the nuclear tests. I want to know how the US is going to combat this threat. Because right now, North Korea is planning 2012.
And to make matters worse, the press in attendance are just asking about Iran and health care. If I ever become a journalist, I'm going to ask the questions we aren't supposed to ask. I'm going to be the white elephant in the room. I don't care if it will get me fired, I'm going to do it.
Because someone has to.
But thank god Obama's the one in office. If I could have voted, I would have voted for him. And unless something tragic occurs, I will vote for him in 2012.
So now the press is laughing about something that isn't really funny. I didn't hear it, but I heard one, extremely obnoxious laugh that turned my attention to the screen again. Oh, it was a reference to Spock... that's why it wasn't funny. I loathe all things Startrek or Star Wars.
Perhaps that makes me un-American. Well, I have news for you guys. I'm barely a citizen. Yay for my green card, boo for the US not recognizing dual citizenship. It really sucks for my parents though. They moved here during bad European economic times, only to be hit by these after seven years of happiness.
So I just checked Yahoo! for my mail and imagine that! One of the feature stories is about Obama's speech today!...It's not even over. If that doesn't say something about the strange happenings in our government, then I don't know what does. Now, he's addressing the smoking issues. Ooo what? A human-interest story on Obama's smoking? He says he's not a daily smoker and that he doesn't do it in front of his family... and "there are times when I mess up." Good man. You can admit your weaknesses as well as try to fix them. I'm happy for the new smoking law. Now if only Europe will disassemble the vending machines dispensing cigarettes on street corners. Like hookers.
Now he's discussing Chile, a whole other problem. I think that we should return to our isolationism circa WWII. Perhaps then we won't antagonize North Korea. Wait, we didn't really do anything in the first place. Unless there's some special, black-opps mission the American people don't know about (of course we wouldn't know about it!) that's been uncovered, we don't deserve this treatment. Haven't we left NK to its own devises for the past couple of years? Maybe I'm behind in the times, but I don't remember reading much about Kim Jong Il in the news, other than his stroke and the missile testing. Other than our praying for his timely death, America hasn't intervened in the Korean Peninsula since the 38th Parallel. Perhaps they are still angry about that. I wouldn't be surprised. Viet Nam is communist still, right?
Well, as of right now, this is about all I can do to get my opinion across. Oh the pains of being a teenage girl. But let this be known: One day, my generation will rule this earth. Maybe then I'll have the unwavering power to change it for the better.
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| | Posted 6/23/2009 12:28 AM - 29 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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